Has Nirav Modi been rewarded with over Rs. 11000 crore scam for his role to constitute management of banks by proxy? If the arbitrary constitution of top management of Punjab National Bank and Bank of India in the recent past is a yardstick to gauge factors behind the scam, the answer will be in affirmative.

Raids by the ED in connection with its money laundering probe against diamond czar Nirav Modi and others in the alleged Rs 11,400-crore bank fraud continued for the third day today with the agency saying it seized Rs 25 crore worth diamonds and jewellery, taking the total seizure value to Rs 5,674 crore.

Allahabad Bank has an exposure of around Rs 2,000 crore by way of Letter of Undertakings issued by Punjab National Bank to Nirav Modi, the billionaire diamond merchant in the centre of a Rs 11,400-crore fraud.